Advances in temperate agroforestry

Contributions by Dr Lukas Beule, Professor Maren Oelbermann, Dr Anthony O'Grady, Emeritus Professor Jim McAdam, Dr Marina Castro, Dr Adolfo Rosati, Dr Marcelo Javier Beltrán, Dr Oskar Englund, Dr Mario Santos, Dr Margaret Bloomquist, Professor Steven Newman Edited by Professor María Rosa Mosquera-Losada, Dr Ladislau Martin, Professor Anastasia Pantera, Dr Allison Morrill Chatrchyan

Publication date:

19 August 2025

Length of book:

400 pages

Publisher

Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing

Dimensions:

229x152mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781801467193

With growing concern about the environmental impact of agriculture and its consequent contribution to climate change, there is an increasing interest in the implementation of agroecological approaches to achieve a more sustainable agriculture. Agroforestry is one area of research which has gained significant momentum in recent years.

Advances in temperate agroforestry reviews key recent advances in measuring and valuing how agroforestry systems promote biodiversity and deliver ecosystem services such as soil carbon sequestration. The book also considers the development of different silvopastoral and silvoarable practices, including integrating trees and livestock in timber forests, orchard and pasture systems, as well as alley cropping and intercropping.

Part 1 Measuring and valuing agroforestry ecosystem services

1.Assessing the benefits of temperate cropland agroforestry for promoting soil biological health: Lukas Beule, Anna Vaupel, Zita Bednar-Konski and Andrea Krähmer, Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Germany;
2.Assessing the benefits of temperate agroforestry in enhancing carbon sequestration: Augustine K. Osei and Maren Oelbermann, University of Waterloo, Canada;
3.Ecosystem accounting to value ecosystem assets and services provided by agroforestry: Anthony P. O’Grady, Stephen B. Stewart, Aysha Fleming, Chris Ware, Daniel S. Mendham, CSIRO Environment, Australia; Sorada Tapsuwan, CSIRO Environment and Swinburne University of Technology, Australia; Tim Capon, Suzanne M. Prober, and Karel Mokany, CSIRO Environment, Australia; Sue Ogilvy, Integrated Futures Pty Ltd, Australia; Martin Moroni, Forestry Tasmania, Australia; Jacqueline R. England, CSIRO Environment, Australia; Shaun T. Brooks and Thomas P. Baker, University of Tasmania, Australia;

Part 2 Advances in silvopastoral systems

4.Types of silvopastoral system: an overview: Jim McAdam, formerly AFI/Queen's University Belfast, UK;
5.Types of silvopastoral system: forests/timber plantations with pasture grazing for livestock: Marina Castro, IPB-ESAB, Portugal;
6.Types of silvopastoral system: orchards/vineyards with grazing for livestock: Adolfo Rosati, CREA, Italy;
7.Types of silvopastoral system: adding trees to pasture/rangelands: Marcelo Javier Beltrán, National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA), Argentina;

Part 3 Advances in silvoarable and other systems

8.Multifunctional windbreaks and riparian buffers can deliver biomass and other ecosystem services: Oskar Englund, Mid Sweden University, Sweden;
9.Modelling and optimising associated biodiversity in alley cropping systems: Mário Santos, CITAB (Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences) - University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal and Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Para, Brazil; Berta Gonçalves and André Fonseca, CITAB (Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences) - University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal; Reinaldo Lucas Cajaiba, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Para, Brazil; Henrique Trindade, Fátima Gonçalves and Cristina Carlos, CITAB (Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro- Environmental and Biological Sciences) - University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal; Darinka Gonzalez, CITAB (Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences) - University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal and University of Vigo, Spain; Mário Gonzalez Pereira and Lívia Madureira, CITAB (Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences) - University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal; Mariane Cristina Inocente and Fátima Piña-Rodrigues, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil; João Santos, CITAB (Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences) - University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal; and Maria Rosa Mosquera-Losada, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain;
10.Developments in forest farming: Margaret Bloomquist, North Carolina State University, USA;
11.Developing urban agroforestry in the current crisis: Steven Newman, BioDiversity International/University of Leeds, UK;

“Over the past five decades, agroforestry has made significant strides in temperate regions. This volume offers a valuable collection of critical reviews, insightful evaluations and in-depth commentaries chronicling key developments in temperate agroforestry, particularly across Europe and North America. The book highlights the combined expertise of leading scientists and is spearheaded by a team of editors renowned for their own contributions to the field. I am confident that this book will make an impressive addition to the existing literature on temperate agroforestry and contribute to future advancements in the sector.” (P. K. Ramachandran Nair, Distinguished Professor, University of Florida, USA)